The Cold War Cheerleader Showdown: Campus Clicks

Why limit yourself to comparing USC song girls to UCLA dancers when you can compare all the best this fine country has to offer to the side-line beauties from the former USSR? Head over to CO-ED and cast your vote in the Cold War Cheerleader Showdown.

Hawking the Cash

Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz has two things: a 19-18 record over the past three seasons and a higher salary than Ohio State's Jim Tressel, Texas' Mack Brown and Georgia's Mark Richt. Big Lead wants to know what gives.

Hero of the Bookshelves

If you think tales of college cheerleaders throwing themselves at football players, 80-oxycodone days, or cross-country flights on private planes with narcotics and call girls sound engaging, then former Nebraska All-America defensive tackle Jason Peter's new book is probably for you. Hero of the Underground hits bookstores today.

It's a me, Mario

Did Mario Baseball make the cut? :: Mario Baseball, Courtesy of Nintendo

What would youth have been without Nintendo? Empty and cold, that's what. From the NES to the Wii and everything in between, Nintendo has provided us all with endless hours of joy and thumb exercise. In that spirit, Game Daily has put together a list of the 25 greatest Nintendo games of all time. Our one complaint: that Duck Hunt came in at No. 21. That's cheap.

A group of engineering students from the University of Adelaide have built an automated foosball table that's capable of sweeping the floor with its human competition. While it's true that most of the joy associated with foosball comes from seeing that look of despondence on your friend's face when he or she lets your winning goal slide through, we still give these kids props.

When's Lunch?

Arizona's coaching staff didn't need to hire a psychic to figure out Brandon Jennings might not qualify academically. All it had to do was check out his player page and read what he listed as his favorite class.

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